by Travis Martin | Jan 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Government officials, they’re just like us: treating pesky deadlines as mere suggestions. Proposition 12, a law affecting pork production methods and other livestock for sale in California (no matter the location of production), was slated to go into effect on Jan...
by Travis Martin | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Oh, give me a home, where the 6M wild hogs roam… said no one. Especially not the 1.1M ag producers who are experiencing a Planet of the Apes-level feral pig takeover firsthand. Feral pigs eat and uproot almost any crop, commonly targeting sugarcane, corn, grain...
by Travis Martin | Dec 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s a regulatory tug-of-war. Animal welfare advocates have sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for not having final Proposition 12 rules in place for its January 1, 2022 effective date. On the flip side, the National Pork Producers...
by Travis Martin | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s good news and bad news on the global pandemic front, as the virus has made its way to six continents and 50 countries—and is inching closer to the U.S. And we aren’t talking COVID-19: it’s the other global pandemic making headlines… African swine fever...
by Travis Martin | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, that escalated quickly. The National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau are running their case against California’s Proposition 12 up the flagpole—all the way up. They’re appealing the Ninth Circuit Court decision in July that upheld a lower court...
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